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25. Convert the extract of Rosa Parks’ anecdote into indirect speech.

Direct speech Indirect speech
The white driver said, “Let me have those
front seats.” I didn’t get up. I was tired of
giving in to white people.
“I’m going to have you arrested,” the
driver said.
“You may do that,” I answered.
Two white policemen came. I asked one of
them, “Why do you all push us around?”
He answered, “I don’t know, but the law is
the law and you’re under arrest.”

For our anecdote

26. Write the first draft of the anecdote you are going to tell.
• Decide if you are going to use direct or indirect speech or if you are going to

combine them.
• Include the details you wrote in Activity 23 and remember to use connectives

to link the sentences. Look at the example.

Example:
When I was 14 years old, I went to the Olympics and got a perfect 10. Before the competition
started, I was telling myself, “This is the Olympics. I cannot make a mistake. This is one shot.” I
was very nervous. Seeing so many people overwhelmed me because it was a big arena, and
there was a lot of noise from every direction. I think I was prepared for that. Then, it was my

turn, so I just went to do whatever I planned to do, and whatever I trained to do.
After performing my routine, I got a 10. At first, I was confused because the scoreboard

displayed “1.00” because they believed it was impossible to receive a perfect 10, thus the
scoreboard was not programmed to display that score. Soon, I understood what had happened
and I was very happy. Nobody told me that a perfect 10 had never been scored before in
Olympic history. Everything in my life today is because of that moment in Montreal.

CHECKPOINT

27. Tell your anecdote to the rest of the class and pay attention to their reaction.

• Provide feedback when it is your turn to listen to somebody else.

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